Motor-vehicle.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

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MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. 1903.

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MOTOR VEHICLE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 22. 1903.

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CHARLES SCHMIDT, OF WARREN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO Till-IE PACKARD MOTOR OARCOMPANY, OF WARREN, OHIO, A (JORPORAfllON OF VVESTI.

VIRGINIA.

lVlOTQHeVEHl$LEm SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.783,547, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed June 22, 1903. 'ifierial No. 162,632.

To a, who/rt Ii/5 DMZ/f] concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES SCIUIIDT, a citizen of France, residingatiVarren, in the county of 'llrumbull and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention comprises various improvements in the art relating to theframe or runningrgcar of motorvehicles.

The particular improvements will be de scribed with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in whichliigure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of an automobile-frame Fig. 2 is a detail of the rearmotor-hanger. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the frame and running-gear.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the frame proper, and 2 a motor.The frame when the machine is in operation is subjected to certainwarping strains due to inequalities in the roads, and it is advisable toconnect the motor with the frame in such a manner that it will not bestrained by warping or twistingof the frame and will remain in properrelation to thedriving-axle. With this end in view the motor issupported at three separate points upon the frame, the three pointsforming, preferably, the angles of an isosceles triangle. As shown, themotor 2 is supported near its forward end by a transverse bar 3,extending under the cylinder and connected to the frame-bars 1 at points4. The motor mechanism in the present instance includes the crank-case 5and a gear-case 6, the gearcase having two rearwardly-extending legs orbranches, as shown in Fig. 3. The mot0rcylinder, crank-case, andgear-case are all rigidly connected together and t0 the transversebarThe two branches of the gearcase 6 are supported on the U-shaped hanger7, which is centrally pivoted at 8 to a transverse bar 9 of the frame 1.It will thus be seen that the motor mechanism is supported from theframe at three points only-namely,

the points 4 4: and 8--and that one of these supports is a pivotalconnection, thus insuring themotor against strains due to the twistingor bending of the frame on uneven roads.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the front wheel- 5 hubs turn about verticalpivots 10, which are supported in yekes 1. l, litted to the front axle12. A pair of arms i3 14 are rigidly connected to the wheel-hubs and areconnected together by a suitable connecting-rod '15 in the usual manner.For steering purposes the arm 15 has a branch arm 16, which arm 16 isconnected by alink 13 with a vertical arm 1.8 upon a horizontal shaft19, which is rocked by worm-gear20, worm-wheel E21, and steer- 6Oing-shaft .22.

Certain features of the construction illustrated in the drawings and notherein specifically described or claimed form the subject of adivisionalapplicatimi, filed April 29, 190i. 5

Mining described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a motor-vehicle, the combination with w the frame, of a motor, atransverse beam or 7 bar connected with the sides of the frame to whichone endof the motor is rigidly connected, and a second transverse beamor bar to which the other end of the motor is pivotally connected.

2. In a motor-vehicle, the combination with the frame, of a motor, atransverse beam or bar connected with the sides of the frame and onwhich one end of the motor rests and is rigidly secured, and a secondtransverse beam 80 or bar to which the other end of the motor ispivotally connected.

3. in a motor-vehicle, the com bination with the frame,of arigidly-connected motor, cran 1(- case and gear-case, a transverse beamor bar 3 5 connected with the sides of the frame to which one end of themotor is rigidly connected, and a second transverse beam or bar to whichone end of the gear-case is pivotally connected.

4:. in a motor-vehicle, the combination of a 9 motor-frame having tWtransverse bars or Intestimony whereof Ihavesigned mynalne beams, amotor, crank-case and gear-case rigto this specification in the presenceof two subidly connected, and a U-shaped hanger pivl scribing Witnesses.otally connected to one of said bars and connected to opposite sides ofsaid gear-case, the I Witnesses:

CHARLES SCHMIDT.

RUSSELL HUFF, H. V. BATCHELLER.

motor being rigidly connected to the other transverse bar

